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Evidence Of Brazil Atlantis Surfaces
RIO DE JANEIRO, May 7 (UPI) -- Experts say they've found evidence of a Brazilian "Atlantis," a continent that disappeared after Africa and South America separated 100 million years ago.
Scientists with the Geology Service of Brazil, working with Japanese researchers, reported the discovery of granite -- a rock that normally forms on dry land -- more than 8,000 feet beneath the sea in a region known as the Rio Grande Elevation, 900 miles off the coast of Brazil.
"It is unusual because it is granite rock," Geology Service Director Roberto Ventura Santos said. "And you don't find granite on the seabed. It is more usual to find it on the mainland."
"This could be Brazil's Atlantis," he said. "We are almost certain but we need to strengthen this hypothesis."
Read more: http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2013/05/07/Scientists-say-granite-from-sea-bed-could-be-of-a-Brazilian-Atlantis/UPI-59331367964281/#ixzz2Sj6vCwxF
Scientists with the Geology Service of Brazil, working with Japanese researchers, reported the discovery of granite -- a rock that normally forms on dry land -- more than 8,000 feet beneath the sea in a region known as the Rio Grande Elevation, 900 miles off the coast of Brazil.
"It is unusual because it is granite rock," Geology Service Director Roberto Ventura Santos said. "And you don't find granite on the seabed. It is more usual to find it on the mainland."
"This could be Brazil's Atlantis," he said. "We are almost certain but we need to strengthen this hypothesis."
Read more: http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2013/05/07/Scientists-say-granite-from-sea-bed-could-be-of-a-Brazilian-Atlantis/UPI-59331367964281/#ixzz2Sj6vCwxF
